Minimizing Current and Voltage Losses to Reach 25% Efficient Monolithic Two-Terminal Perovskite–Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

Bush, Kevin A.; Manzoor, Salman; Frohna, Kyle; Yu, Zhengshan J.; Raiford, James A.; Palmstrom, Axel F.; Wang, Hsin-Ping; Prasanna, Rohit; Bent, Stacey F.; Holman, Zachary C.; McGehee, Michael D.

doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01201

Minimizing Current and Voltage Losses to Reach 25% Efficient Monolithic Two-Terminal Perovskite–Silicon Tandem Solar Cells

Journal Article · 20 August 2018 · ACS Energy Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.8b01201· OSTI ID:1539559

^[1]; Manzoor, Salman ^[2]; Frohna, Kyle ^[3]; Yu, Zhengshan J. ^[2]; Raiford, James A. ^[4]; Palmstrom, Axel F. ^[4]; Wang, Hsin-Ping ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[4]; Holman, Zachary C. ^[2]; ^[5]

Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States; School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States; Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States

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Research Organization:: Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

DOE Contract Number:: EE0008154

OSTI ID:: 1539559

Journal Information:: ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 9; ISSN 2380-8195

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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